The Kentucky football team held its first full practice in preparation for Saturday’s Governor’s Cup showdown against Louisville. Joker Phillips spoke after practice, grading the practice as a “six or seven” on a scale of ten.”Good thing we’ve got tomorrow,” Phillips said. “It was so-so. We did some good things. This is the first day of putting in the game plan so obviously you’re going to have some mistakes.”Phillips said he expects the team to settle in to the new game plan during Wednesday and Thursday practices. He also is demanding a great deal of intensity from the Wildcats with Louisville being such a big game and Phillips is trying to set the tone.”There was a lot of enthusiasm from me,” Phillips said. “I know how important this game is and the coaches do also.”The Kentucky head coach was asked about Louisville coach Charlie Strong’s comments that essentially said UK is the better of the two teams. Phillips invoked the name of Hall of Fame coach Lou Holtz, for whom both Phillips and Strong have worked in the past, in his assessment of the remarks.”We both were with Lou,” Phillips said. “Early in the week you’re a terrible football team, later on you have a chance and by the end of the week the other team doesn’t have a chance.”Phillips provided updates on his two injured offensive linemen, Matt Smith and Billy Joe Murphy. Neither participated in practice, but Smith was able to run on the side, which pleased Phillips.”Neither one practiced today,” Phillips said. “I did get to see Matt Smith out there running. The biggest for him if he is healthy is conditioning and he ran pretty good today.”Phillips went on to say that he hopes at least one of the two is able to play on Saturday.Here is a video of the coach’s complete comments.

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